Welcome to our new Miata, everybody. This one is a later car, meaning bigger brakes, a bigger engine, a stronger driveline, and a Torsen limited-slip differential. Even better: It’s an ex-SCCA race car, meaning it already has a decent cage. We sprayed it GRM Racing Yellow, then swapped the suspension, wheels, and tires from our old Miata onto this new car. Then, we got to a more troubling item on our list: “Make Tim fit in car.” Miata’s are tough for taller drivers to fit in, and our esteemed publisher always had trouble fitting in our old car.

Enter Advanced Autosports. They just released a new floor drop plate that allows anybody with a Miata and a welder to gain an additional 1.25 inches of headroom. The part retails for $250, making it one of the cheapest and easiest ways to fit a big driver in a tiny Miata.

After a few hours of work at Very Cool Parts, we’d managed to cram Tim into the Miata. Sure, the list was still 50 items long, but at least we’d managed to fit all of our drivers.